Already today you've interpreted countless moments from

conversations with friends to events in the national news to even how your

story is playing out. We look at all of those through our lens of

interpretation and the cost of misinterpretation is huge. It affects how we see

ourselves, others, and even how we view God. I'm Alan Arnold and

you're listening to the Ransom-TARP Podcast. We're in a series now called

Interpreting Your Life. If you haven't heard the first part I

encourage you to go back to last week's podcast and listen to it. The

conversations you're hearing took place in 2014 between John Eldridge and Craig McConnell and we're re-erring

this series now because we know how central this is to really everything in our lives.

It affects our family, our friends, our faith,

and even our intimacy with God.

So I invite you now to join us for part two of this series with John Eldridge and Craig McConnell.

I want to come back to if what we're trying to do is help with correct interpretation,

we're also trying to rescue you friends from the cost,

the cost of misinterpretation, the agony, the years of pain, confusion, guilt, sorrow, that comes with misinterpretation.

And I think one of the great dilemmas of the human race goes like this.

Yes, yes, you were made for happiness.

Yes, you were made for Eden. Your soul was

literally shaped and created for your best summer vacation experience times 10, you know, just yes of course you seek

peace and relief and healing and goodness and pleasure.

You're made for pleasure.

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